10 Staggering Facts Behind Apple’s Foxconn Factory

1. Hourly Wages

Foxconn workers get paid $1.78 an hour.

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ABC’s behind-the-scenes look at… read more

Google Docs for Android Update Lets You Edit on the Go

Google announced a Google Docs update for Android Wednesday, allowing for easy native editing from your smartphone and tablet.

The new feature was introduced in a blog post, in which Google says the update focuses on remote collaboration and is aimed at increasing users’ productivity. Google software engineer Vadim Gerasimov describes… read more

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Announces Social Media-Driven Music TV Channel

Sean “Diddy” Combs took to YouTube, Twitter and Facebook this week to announce the launch of REVOLT TV — a new socially connected music and news-driven cable channel coming to the Comcast-NBC network in 2013.

Combs, the founder and CEO of Bad Boy Worldwide Entertainment Group and hip-hop artist, says he… read more

Nike Unveils Nike+ for Basketball and Workout Training

Nike+ is no longer for runners only.

At an event in New York City Wednesday, Nike unveiled a line of digitally connected footwear — some designed for basketball, others for more general workouts — that records data about the wearer and syncs it to accompanying Nike+ Basketball and Nike+ Training apps… read more

PlayStation Vita: Everything You Need to Know

PlayStation Vita

The PlayStation Vita is quite big when you first unbox it. The system is 7.2 inches wide,… read more

‘Facebook Parenting’ YouTube Video Is More Viral Than ‘Friday’

Move over, Rebecca Black. Make room for Tommy Jordan.

The heat-packing, tech-savvy dad who plugged nine rounds into his daughter’s laptop in a YouTube-broadcasted fit of parental retribution is rapidly blowing the pop star’s notorious “Friday” video out of the water in the 24/7 viral video derby.

“Facebook Parenting: For… read more

LinkedIn Buys Smart Email Startup Rapportive

Rapportive, a startup that makes a Gmail add-on that displays social media info about contacts as you email them, confirmed on Wednesday that it had been purchased by LinkedIn.

Rahul Vohra, CEO of Rapportive, confirmed the acquisition on the company’s blog. “In business, partnership is dating — and we went on… read more

Zipcar Wants to Make Your Car Part of its Fleet

Zipcar’s 673,000 subscribers currently share its fleet of 8,900 vehicles. But what if they could also rent yours? The company announced on Wednesday that it’s taking a first step toward finding out.

Zipcar has led a $13.7 million round of funding in a peer-to-peer car rental startup called Wheelz.

Like similar… read more

The Pope Takes to Twitter to Save Lent

Pope Benedict XVI is bringing a segment of his daily papal message to Twitter, beginning Ash Wednesday, Feb. 22, according to a Vatican Radio blog post.

The reason? In its post, the Vatican says that while some Catholics view Lent as a time to volunteer, give something up or… read more

Will Texting Become Extinct Thanks to Free Social Messaging Apps?

Phone companies missed out on $13.9 billion last year as more people opted to send free texts through SMS (short message service) applications like Blackberry Messenger and Facebook Mobile Messenger, according to a report. This follows a $8.6 billion loss in phone company provided text revenues in 2010.

SMS… read more

Apple’s Foxconn Operations Exposed in ABC Report [VIDEO]

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In case you missed last night’s report on ABC’s Nightline, the video above provides a rare glimpse into Foxconn plants in Shenzhen and Chengdu, China, that create various Apple products, including the iPad.

As Nightline anchor Bill Weir told Mashable on Tuesday, the full 17-minute report (the… read more

Screens 2.0 Released, Adds iCloud, New UI, and More

Edovia, the developer of popular Mac VNC client Screens, has updated their app to version 2.0. This major release adds many new features, refreshes the user interface, fixes a lot of bugs, improves the overall performance of the app, improves the security, improves the documentation, and more. Read on for… read more

Quick Look: Mailjet

Quick Look posts are paid submissions offering only a brief overview of an app. Vote in the polls below if you think this app is worth an in-depth AppStorm review!

In this Quick Look, we’re highlighting Mailjet. The developer describes Mailjet as a service for cheaper, better and faster emailing

Mailjet is… read more

Tips for Wireframing a Usable Mobile App Interface

A lot of time and energy is required to build mobile iOS/Android apps. Aside from the coding and UI design you need to plan functionality ahead of time. This way you can start programming immediately and implement key features without a hassle.

The best way to start off a… read more

50 Promo Codes for Photosweeper Up for Grabs

Earlier this week we reviewed Photosweeper, an excellent tool for sorting and cleaning photo collections resulting in more useable disk space.

Whether you’re a professional photographer, hobbyist, or just someone in need of more hard disk space, Photosweeper packs a powerful punch in de-cluttering any size collection.

We’re proud to announce that… read more

Create Clickable Designs and Test Interface Ideas with Solidify

So you’ve got a great idea for a new app. You pull out some napkins or open a drawing app on your phone, and sketch out some rough ideas. Your next hit app is already taking shape, and in your mind’s eye, you can see it running in action. You… read more

Web-Drawing Throwdown: Paper.js Vs. Processing.js Vs. Raphael

Before drawing anything in a browser, ask yourself three questions:

Do you need to support older browsers?If the answer is yes, then your only choice is Raphaël. It handles browsers all the way back to IE 7 and Firefox 3. Raphaël even has some support for IE 6, although some of… read more

33 Language Learning Apps, Utilities and Tricks

There are a huge number of ways to learn languages out there, from $500 software to classes to free translators. You can find software for any language you want, from Spanish to Urdu. It’s really a matter of personal preference how you choose to learn, but chances are that no… read more

25 Awesome Still Life Digital Paintings for Inspiration

There used to be a time when paintings were accomplished only by putting brush on canvas. However, with the growth of technology, all genres of art evolved with time. Today, digital paintings have emerged as a wonderful category of art — one that combines both precision and enigma.
 
In… read more

40+ Super Secret Features and Shortcuts

We all want to get the very best out of our devices! Who doesn’t love finding out a new trick or shortcut?

Over the last month every AppStorm site has published an extensive roundup of features and shortcuts aimed at helping you get the most out of your devices! Each post… read more

Focus: Turn a Good Photo Into an Amazing Photo

In the past two years, we’ve seen a lot of specialized photo manipulation apps enter the scene. Apps like Analog, Flare, and Instagram allow people to apply filters that recolor or add texture to photos. Focus is a photo manipulation app as well, but its specialty lies in creating unique… read more

The Popular Rise of Mobile Studios

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Savvy tech consumers are slowly adapting to a world where smartphones and tablet PCs are commonplace. With these new devices comes a revolution of mobile software which we have never seen before. Mobile dev studios are popping up everywhere to showcase and market their latest app… read more

NASA Wants You … to Eat Space Food in Hawaii [VIDEO]

Calling all supertaster space nerds: NASA wants your help to improve the bland food astronauts would have to eat while on a mission to Mars.

The space agency is looking for applicants to eat astronaut food for four months during a simulated trip to the Red Planet. Participants will… read more

Why are Brands Shutting Their Facebook Stores?

Eager to monetize the large followings they had built on Facebook, many large brands set up shop on the social network for the first time last year.

Now many of those Facebook stores are closing.

A Bloomberg report this weekend pointed out that Gap, J.C. Penney, Nordstrom and GameStop have all… read more

Twitter App Updates Bring New Features for iPhone and Android Users

Twitter announced updates to its iPhone and Android apps on Tuesday, re-introducing some well-loved features and adding new improvements as well. But the updates don’t impact all mobile tweeters equally.

Both updated apps bring back the swipe shortcut. That move allows users to reply to, favorite and share tweets —… read more

PlayStation Vita: 15 Games You Can Play at Launch

1. Army Corps of Hell

In this title, you play a king banished to Hell who must fight his… read more

Kid Calls Out LeBron James on YouTube Over Dunk Contest No-Show [VIDEO]

Each day, Mashable highlights one noteworthy YouTube video. Check out all our viral video picks.

LeBron James, you have officially been called out. By a kid. On YouTube.

“Why won’t you play in the dunk contest this year, man?” asks young Sollomon Gessesse, who uses the Twitter handle @5ollyMon45.

James has… read more

The Content Battle Heats Up: Comcast Launches Netflix Competitor

Comcast is hoping to prevent its cable customers from cutting the cord by introducing a new streaming video service.

The service, known as Xfinity Streampix, is designed to complement Comcast’s existing Xfinity on Demand and TV Everywhere initiatives. Xfinity Streampix will become available to Comcast customers later this week and includes… read more

You Can’t Sue Family Over Unwanted Facebook Photos, Says Judge [VIDEO]

Whether we look too young, too old or too inebriated, we’ve all been there — tagged in unflattering Facebook photos. But if you’re thinking of filing a lawsuit about it, think again.

Uploading an unflattering photo is not grounds for a harassment suit, a Minnesota district court has ruled…. read more

Sorry, HBO and Showtime: Netflix Will Get ‘The Artist’ First

Netflix has signed a multi-year exclusive licensing agreement with The Weinstein Company that will give the streaming service first-run access to films such as The Artist — even ahead of premium cable channels such as HBO, Showtime and Starz.

That means select Weinstein Company films — including foreign-language offerings, documentaries and… read more

Google Wants to Plant 1,000 Acres of Satellite Dishes in Iowa [VIDEO]

Google Fiber Inc., a subsidiary of the search giant, is asking the FCC for permission to install 4.5 meter satellite antennas on 1,000 acres of land next to its data center in Council Bluffs, Iowa.

The FCC responded to Google Fiber‘s application for filing on Wednesday. Page 2 of… read more

How HelloGiggles Creates a Positive Online Community for Young Women

Among the cold, often critical world of the web, HelloGiggles is warming it up with fun and empowering, lady-friendly content.

The website — created by Zooey Deschanel, Molly McAleer and Sophia Rossi — is a space where people can creatively connect in an entertaining and supportive environment.

“There is so… read more

For Texting Without Looking, Researchers Adapt Braille

Touchscreens on everything from coffee makers to treadmills are intended to provide better user experiences, but they can create a navigational nightmare for the visually impaired.

A new technology developed at Georgia Tech, however, makes touchscreens more accessible to the estimated 22 million American adults with vision loss by adapting… read more

Bug-Eyed Student’s Basketball Face is Internet Famous

What’s a University of Alabama freshman to do after instant Internet fame invades his life because of a viral cardboard cutout of his face? If you’re 19-year-old Jack Blankenship, you flag down Beyonce and Jay-Z at a New York Knicks game Monday night.

“Beyonce laughed and did ‘The Face!’ Jay-Z did… read more

Flickr Gets a Makeover, Looks Like Pinterest

What Flickr Looks Like Now

Notice all the white space surrounding the photos in the stream. You see photo… read more

‘Community’ Returns to NBC on March 15, Twitter Celebrates

Community is back. After months of speculation, a flash mob at NBC headquarters and fan campaigns on Facebook and Twitter, the quirky community college sitcom has an official date of return to NBC’s primetime schedule.

In December, the network pulled the show from its schedule and said it wouldn’t be back… read more

Inside Foxconn: You Will Think Differently About Apple Products

Foxconn plants in Shenzhen and Chengdu, China, where Apple makes a variety of best-selling gadgets, including the iPad. It will also be an opportunity to assess whether Apple is treating its factory workers properly. ABC Nightline anchor Bill Weir, who spoke to Mashable about the special, said that… read more

blossom: Clean, Straightforward Project Management

Task and project management apps are a thing many of us use, either on a personal and collaborative level. There’s a ton of them available and I use quite a wide selection of them myself, both natively on desktop and mobile devices and online.

blossom.io is one such task manager that… read more

Everything You Need to Know About Wireless Spectrum [INFOGRAPHIC]

Spectrum is going to be a hot issue in the upcoming year. Freeing up spectrum is a major part of the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) National Broadband Plan, and last week Congress passed a law allowing TV stations to auction their spectrum to the highest bidding wireless broadband companies.

But what… read more

Is YouTube Too Big to Fail?

Kaiser Wahab is a media, venture, and tech attorney at the New York law firm of Wahab & Medenica LLC. His clients range from Fortune 500 companies to startups, and his practice deals with issues confronting businesses competing in technology, media, brand, and intellectual property-driven environments. Read more on his… read more

Microsoft Channels ’80s Hit ‘Moonlighting’ in Latest Jab Against Google [VIDEO]

Remember the TV show Moonlighting? Microsoft is hoping you do. Otherwise, you won’t get the main joke behind it’s latest smear against Google.

“Googlighting,” from Microsoft’s Office 365 unit, presents Google as an ill-prepared, smug salesman trying to convince a Cybill Shepherd type to use the company’s cloud collaboration… read more

Square Wants to Bring iPads to New York City Taxis

Apple’s iPad, which has already shown up in airplane cockpits and as loaners in at least one library, may soon be appearing in another unlikely place: New York City taxis.

The New York City Taxi & Limousine Commission is considering a proposal by Jack Dorsey’s Square to replace Taxi TVs in… read more

Office for iPad: Why It Would Make Sense for Microsoft

If the rumors are to be believed, Microsoft is on the verge of releasing a version of Office for the iPad.

While an iOS version of Office may have seemed unthinkable a couple of years ago, it could be a key weapon in Microsoft’s fight against Google Docs, Google’s free… read more

Google Wants You to Talk to Your TV via Android [VIDEO]

Lost the TV remote again? Don’t worry, says Google. In the future you’ll be able to verbally instruct your TV to turn off and on, change channel, and even flag the next rerun of Seinfeld for you — all using your Android phone as the microphone.

That’s according to… read more

‘Babies With iPads’ Blog Implodes From Cuteness [PICS]

Babies With iPads

“Taylor pours one out for Steve Jobs every morning. Mommy’s milk is precious, but you gotta… read more

5 Key Components of a Successful Interest Graph

Moataz Rashad is an entrepreneur and advisor to a few startups. He is founder and CEO of Vufind Inc. and the publisher of VuHunt, a mobile geoSocial real-life game.

The interest graph has been gaining increased attention over the past few months. With Google transforming itself into a social company, and… read more

5 Ground-Breaking Competitions for Innovative Youth

Adora Svitak is author of three books — Flying Fingers, Dancing Fingers and Yang in Disguise. She is one of the TED Conference’s youngest speakers and the curator of youth event TEDxRedmond. Since age 7 she has been drumming up excitement about reading and writing among fellow students.

“To win the… read more

Weekly Poll: Do You Subscribe to Digital Magazines?

Have you ever subscribed to a digital magazine?

This morning, I awoke to find an email from Distance, a new design-centric magazine I’d recently backed on Kickstarter. The first issue was ready for download, and seconds later I was flipping through the PDF on my iPad. Here’s a new magazine… read more

How Google’s +1 Button Affects SEO

Since the days of Google Buzz, the +1 button has been a mystery to users and content producers alike. It’s different from Facebook’s “Like” button, in that it doesn’t directly share content to a user’s social stream. But the cultivation of a social graph has long been the goal of… read more

5 Tips for Reaching Voters in the Social Stream

John Manoogian III is the founder and CTO of 140 Proof, the leading social ad platform for Twitter and Facebook. John created the 140 Proof brand and co-led development of its API and ad-targeting architecture.

Every election year breaks records for ad spending. The total spend leading up to the 2008… read more

A Quick WPPI 2012 Day 1 Recap

I’m at WPPI 2012 in Las Vegas at the MGM Grand and I thought I’d give everyone a quick recap in case you can’t make it out to the conference.

The Venue
Personally, I love the MGM. I know some people don’t, but I’ve always liked it. I guess you… read more

Introducing Warp – An Open-Source Theme Framework for WordPress & Joomla

Each time you develop a theme you’ll have to deal with the same, repetitive tasks. E.g. you need a certain folder structure to organize your PHP, CSS and JavaScript files or you rely on features like layouts, compression and caching. Because you don’t want to start from scratch,… read more

Finger-Friendly Design: Ideal Mobile Touchscreen Target Sizes

In darts, hitting the bulls-eye is harder to do than hitting any other part of the dartboard. This is because the bullseye is the smallest target. This same principle can also apply to touch targets on mobile devices.

Smaller touch targets are harder for users to hit than larger ones. When you’re designing… read more

Get A Good Bed Time With Fun Creative Pillows

Pillow Mask by Nothing Design

Little Lamb Pillows by Purl Bee

Moustache Pillowcase

Noteme Pillow

Ctrl – Alt – Del Pillow Set

Enter Key

I'm a Mac Pillow Set

Esc Geek Chic Pillow

The Creative Sleep by MySuiteStuff

Dreamy Pillowcases by Drus

Mustard Pillow

The Great Slumber / Blood Puddle Pillow

iDream by Psyho

Pilo Pilo by Downstairs Studio

Owl Pillow

Salmon… read more

Handy Elephant: Transform Contacts Into Dynamic Relationships

In business, knowing a lot of people is a great asset. If you are a marketing professional, it’s imperative you get to connect with as many people as possible. Smart sales persons not only concentrate on the networking part of the equation, but also in putting the contacts to good… read more

9 Awesome Mac Apps For Taking Screenshots and Screencasts

If your job requires you to take a lot of screenshots or screencasts of what you’re working on (for example, if you write for Mac.Appstorm), you might soon find that the built-in apps that your computer came with to do the task, are sometimes not powerful enough.

Today we’re here to… read more

Colors of Spring: Color Palettes from Spring Flowers and Foliage

As the icy grip of winter closes in tighter many begin to dream of spring. That time of renewed growth and warmer days that tends to draw us back outside and into nature’s waiting open arms. With the seeming promise from the old groundhog that we will more than likely… read more

TenFourFox: The Savior Of PowerPC Web Browsing?

Forged in the wake of Mozilla’s decision to drop support for the entire Mac PowerPC platform, TenFourFox is a web browser which brings the Firefox experience to PowerPC Mac users, whether one is running a G3, G4 or G5 PPC. While there have been several attempts at furnishing PowerPC users… read more

Designer Interview: Peter Jaworowski of Ars Thanea

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Fuel Your Creativity recently spoke to Peter Jaworowski, a designer from Poland who is the Executive Creative Director and Partner at Ars Thanea (check out their blog) to get a feel for his influences and practices as a designer. Ars Thanea works with a raft of really… read more

Weekly Poll: Will Your Mac Run Mountain Lion?

Will Your Primary Mac Run Mountain Lion?

As you’ve no doubt heard by now, the wizards at Infinite Loop are pushing out a major OS X update later this year: Mountain Lion.

If you’re like me, you’re nerdy enough that you simply can’t wait to get your hands any new… read more

CheckThis: Getting Creative With a Single Web Page

Creating a website and a blog can be a lot of fun, and also a lot of work at times. There are some great resources out there to help you make quick blogs and websites, but the one thing that is wrong with them, is that you are expected to… read more

40+ High Quality And Free Web Templates In PSD

Finding out high quality and premium PSD files is extremely difficult but keeping them in the toolbox is tremendously important for the web designers because such PSD files always come in handy and save loads of time. There are so many resources available on the net you can get freebie… read more

How to Illustrate Crocus Flowers in the Snow

This work is a common project created together with Iaroslav Lazunov and Alexander Egupov. Do you love flowers? We think that nobody says: “No” in answer to this question. All of us like the tenderness and elegant beauty of a flowers’ leaves and buds. We love Roses and Daffodils, Daisies… read more

Demystifying Twitter: Do’s and Don’ts of Twitter

Simply put, the basic concept behind Twitter can be identified as a modem version of short messaging service (SMS) channel with some added features. Your followers on Twitter are the people, who choose to be updated with the tweets (the post or message displayed on your profile page) you share,… read more

Free Photoshop Alternatives For Editing Photos

Photoshop has been the darling of the design industry for decades. It’s a fantastic program that has led the way since the release of Photoshop 1 on the Mac way back in 1990.

However, not everyone can, or wants to, pay the $699 that Photoshop costs. Thankfully there are a… read more

Photosweeper: Take Charge of Your Photos and Free Up Disk Space

For many of us, our computer’s hard drive has become a vast repository of digital images. Everyday, we snap photos with our smartphones and digital cameras which are then deposited into countless folders. But let’s face it, when our hard drives start to get full, who enjoys the tedious process… read more

Beautiful Covers: An Interview With Chip Kidd

The work of Chip Kidd spans design, writing and, most recently, rock ’n’ roll. He definitely has the charisma to get ahead in that third field. He is best known for his unconventional book jackets, but he has published two novels of his own: The Learners and The Cheese Monkeys…. read more

Apple Aperture – Learning the Basics

For Mac users one of the most powerful image management programs on the market is Aperture. In this series of tutorials I will take you through the basics of Aperture, to give you a working knowledge of the program. If you do not have a copy, Apple have provided a… read more

Latitude Leaderboard: Does Google Want to Be the New Foursquare?

Google is expanding its reach across social media — first with Google+, now with Leaderboard, a new feature allowing users to earn points for checking in to a location via Google Latitude.

Last week, Google launched an updated version of Google Maps for Android, equipped with the new feature similar to… read more

Travel the World With These 10 Time-Lapse Videos

1. Lake Tahoe

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Is This Our First Peek at the iPad 3? [PICS]

Chinese blog Apple Daily claims to have leaked pictures of the iPad 3 before Apple officially planned to give its own sneak peek in early March.

The unconfirmed photos of the iPad 3 look similar to the iPad 2, but Apple Daily reports the iPad 3 will have a quad-core… read more

After 16 Months, ‘Don is Back’ in Mad Men Teaser [VIDEO]

Each day, Mashable highlights one noteworthy YouTube video. Check out all our viral video picks.

It’s been quite a while since we’ve seen Don Draper in action.  Due to contractual negotiations between series creator Matthew Weiner and AMC, Mad Men season 5 will premiere on March 25th — nearly a year and… read more

What New Yorkers Think of the Samsung Galaxy Note [VIDEO]

In the dreamworld of a Super Bowl commercial, the Samsung Galaxy Note isn’t just a hot new phone — it’s pure gadget ambrosia, inspiring legions of everyday people to abandon their iPhones for the Note’s extra-large screen, speedy 4G LTE connection and “awesome” stylus.

It’s fantasy, of course, but does… read more

Android 5 è in arrivo: ma Android 4 che fine ha fatto?

Potrebbe arrivare in estate o addirittura prima. La versione 5 del sistema operativo mobile di casa Google, nome in codice Jelly Bean, potrebbe spiazzare tutti quanti e relegare il suo predecessore, Ice Cream Sandwich, ad una sfortunata comparsata. Peggio di quanto abbia fatto Microsoft a suo tempo con Windows… read more

This Week in App News: 13 – 19 February 2012

Well, as you probably might have guessed, the news this week has been dominated by Apple’s surprise announcement of Mountain Lion, the next reincarnation of their OS X operating system and if you’re lucky enough to be registered as a developer with Apple, you can already try out the beta… read more

10 Most-Followed Users on Pinterest

1. Jane Wang

2,389,154 Followers
118 Boards
13,921 Pins

Jane Wang is the single most-followed user on Pinterest — an impressive feat,… read more

How to Create Animated GIFs With Your Smartphone

1. GifBoom

The free app we’re using is “GifBoom: Animated GIF Camera” from TapMojo.

It is available for both the… read more

HDR and Beyond – Seeing is Believing!

A Guest Post by by Gavin Phillips

What is High Dynamic Range Imaging? (HDR)

HDR is when you take 3-5 or 7 photos at different exposure settings, and then merge them into a single image using speciality software. What you get are beautiful photos with incredible detail, controlled lighting and accurate colour…. read more

Wallpaper of the Week 191 by Mike Harrison

The wallpaper of this week is an image created by Mike Harrison,a self-taught, multi-disciplinary freelance art director, designer and illustrator, currently based in London.

Through the years of crafting myself and my career I have experimented with almost every style and discipline in the book and still continue to try new… read more

Best 20 Premium and Free Android Apps

Best 20 Premium and Free Android Apps

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Whitney Houston’s Funeral: Mourners Pay Tribute On Twitter

Whitney Houston’s Funeral

NYT reporter Sarah Maslin Nir took this photo (used with permission) of a funeral guest holding… read more

5 Best New Apps Worth Downloading This Week [PICS]

Clear for iPhone

Clear is a new task management app with a beautiful user interface. All navigation is entirely… read more

‘Playing With Your Phone While Sitting on the Toilet’ Gets a Tribute [VIDEO]

“We’ve all had that feeling coming about, staring at the wall and nothing comes out,” raps musician Paul The Trombonist in his latest YouTube music video.

The song’s subject matter is something Mashable‘s digitally minded readers can relate to, and summed up in its decidedly non-metaphorical title: “Playing With Your… read more

How to Create Contact Sheets in Lightroom

Historically a contact sheet was a page of images each printed at the same size as the film negative – they were used as a reference for the images on the film roll. They were called contact sheets because the film was placed in close contact with the paper when… read more

Quick Look: I May Be Late

Quick Look posts are paid submissions offering only a brief overview of an app. Vote in the polls below if you think this app is worth an in-depth AppStorm review!

In this Quick Look, we’re highlighting I May Be Late. The developer describes I May Be Late as an essential service… read more

Antennagate: iPhone 4 Customers Win Class Action Lawsuit [UPDATED]

A class-action suit against Apple for iPhone 4 antenna reception problems has reached a settlement in the “antennagate” case, with a preliminary approval granting U.S. residents who bought the phone either $15 in cash or a bumper case from Apple.

According to CNET, the preliminary approval was made on Friday… read more

Whitney Houston Funeral: Online and TV Viewing Guide

The Whitney Houston funeral service takes place Saturday at Noon Eastern Time at the New Hope Baptist Church, her childhood place of worship in Newark, New Jersey. Although the service will be private, there’s a variety of ways for you to watch it on television and… read more

The Quick and Dirty Guide to Tumblr for Small Business

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.

With the rise of Pinterest and Tumblr’s astounding growth, it seems that 2012 may be the year of the visual platform. Tumblr surpassed 15 billion monthly pageviews… read more

The Secret Structure of Great Talks – Video

View engaging conference lectures, interesting how to discussions, and high quality freelance advice via video here on FreelanceSwitch.

This week we look at The Secret Structure of Great Talks by Nancy Duarte. In this video learn from the “I have a dream” speech to Steve Jobs’ iPhone launch, that all… read more

Best of the Week #210

It’s time for our best news of this week. We have a lot of graphic and web design, a bit of architecture, ads, tech news, awesome reads and other crazy stuff! So take a look at the links we’ve selected for your inspiration and to keep you updated about what’s… read more

DoodleDesk: Draw On Your Desktop

One area where I still prefer the old way of doing things over a computer is in scribbling and doodling to reach an idea. As much as some may argue, writing in a computer just isn’t quite up there with paper and pen in terms of creative freedom, and doodling… read more

HOW TO: Follow London Fashion Week Via iPhone, Social Media and Web

London Fashion Week kicked off Friday — and fortunately for those of us outside the ropes at Somerset House, brands and media are making the week more accessible than ever before.

Forty-six fashion shows will stream the unveiling of their Autumn/Winter 2012 collections live from London this season, up from 32… read more

TGIF! How Are You Using Tech This Weekend?

Happy Friday, Mashable community! And for readers in the United States — happy three-day weekend! Huzzah!

For people whose work is based online, many view long weekends as a time to unplug and take time to be with family and friends outside the social space. Others work on personal projects,… read more

The Evolution of Mac OS, From 1984 to Mountain Lion

Since the release of System 1 in January 1984, Apple has played an integral role in designing and implementing the graphical user interface (GUI) as we know it.

With the announcement of OS X Mountain Lion this week, Apple is continuing the process it started with Lion by streamlining the… read more

Google Caught Tracking Safari Users: What You Need to Know

Google is in a lot of hot water over recent revelations about how it tracks user activity on Apple devices — particularly iPhones and iPads.

As reported by The Wall Street Journal, an independent researcher has discovered that Google embeds hidden software on many websites — software designed to circumvent… read more

What’s Hot: Big Cats

This was the week Apple publicly followed up in on its announcement that iCloud would be pivotal throughout the next decade. The release of Mountain Lion reaffirming their intention to make the user experience more consistent across every device, with iCloud as the centre. James Cull’s piece on the convergence… read more

What to Do When Your Celebrity Client Flips Out on Social Media

In the wake of another celebrity social media meltdown this week, the question “where is his publicist?” has appeared from commenters in almost every article on the topic.

Let me start by stating this is not a gossip column, nor an attempt to cover content outside of social media. Twitter, as… read more

Your Bandwidth Will Be Throttled. Here’s Why

The days of all-you-can eat mobile bandwidth are already ending, and landline broadband could soon follow suit. You, my data-hungry friend, my not be ready for it, but your Cookie Monster-like habit of gobbling up data has made this a certainty.

You may rail at the injustice of it all,… read more

Examination of iPad 3 Screen Reveals Retina Goodness

For months now, it has been a foregone conclusion that the iPad 3 will feature a high-resolution retina display. Now further evidence has surfaced, this time with an examination of one of the screens.

MacRumors obtained a display purported to be the same that will be used in the iPad 3…. read more

Hands-on Preview of ‘Sleeping Dogs’ Game Shows Lots of Promise

Video game publisher Square Enix held an exclusive preview of its forthcoming title Sleeping Dogs in San Francisco this week, giving Mashable a hands-on look at one of this summer’s most anticipated open-world games.

Basically, Sleeping Dogs looks awesome.

Here’s the basic premise of the game: Players operate as Asian-American… read more